Historical Events In 1927

Dec 16   G Randall P D Garrett, US, sci-fi writer (Takeoff (too)!) in the year 1927.   

Dec 16   Hugh Archibald Clarke, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

Dec 17   Bradman scores 118 on 1st-class cricket debut, 188 mins 8 fours in the year 1927.   

Dec 17   In the year 1927 richard Long, Chic Ill, actor (Prof-Nanny & the Professor)   

Dec 17   US sub 'S-4' sinks after collision kills all 34 aboard in the year 1927.   

Dec 18   In the year 1927 ramsey Clark, US attorney General (1967-69)   

Dec 20   In the year 1927 jim Simpson, sportscaster   

Dec 21   Jack Saunders, cricketer (79 wickets-14 Tests for Aust 1902-08), dies in the year 1927.   

Dec 21   In the year 1927 michael Carreras, film director   

Dec 24   In the year 1927 test Cricket debut of Walter Hammond, who scored 51 & took 5-36 v S Af   

Dec 25   In the year 1927 sergei D Sazonov, Russian Foreign minister (1910-16), dies at 66   

Dec 26   Alan King, Bkln NY, comedian/actor (Anderson Tapes, Memories of Me) in the year 1927.   

Dec 27   On this day in history "Show Boat" opens at the Ziegfeld Theater (New York NY)   

Dec 27   Antony Gardner, British politician in the year 1927.   

Dec 27   On this day in history in London England, the Daily Mail publishes the world's first wire photo, the invention of Winnipeg born engineer William Stephenson, later know as Intrepid, head of British security in North America during World War II.   

Dec 27   On this day in history jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein II's "Show Boat," premieres in NYC   

Dec 27   Leon Trotsky expelled from the Communist Party in the year 1927.   

Dec 27   Stalin's faction wins All-Union Congress in USSR, Trotsky expelled in the year 1927.   

Dec 28   On this day in history anne Legendre Armstrong, ambassador (to UK)   

Dec 28   In the year 1927 george Kaufman & Moss Hart's "Royal Family," premieres in NYC   

Dec 29   Jim Simpson, Wash DC, sportscaster (Monday Night Baseball) in the year 1927.   

Dec 30   In the year 1927 bernard Barrow, NYC, actor (Ryan's Hope, Louie Slavinsky-Loving)   

Dec 30   In the year 1927 japan dedicates 1st subway in Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

Dec 30   On this day in history japan dedicates first subway in the Orient (route under 2 miles long)   

Dec 31   In the year 1927 dieter Noll, writer   

Dec 31   Ponsford scores 336 against SA, giving him 1146 for month on this day in history.   

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Jan 01   Barbara Baxley, Stockton CA, actress (Norma Rae, Countdown) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of juliusz Luciuk, composer   

Jan 01   In the year 1927 birth of yuri Grigorovich, Leningrad, choreographer   

Jan 01   Doak Walker, American football star (d. 1998) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of calum MacKay, Canadian hockey player (d. 2001)   

Jan 01   Maurice Béjart, French choreographer (d. 2007) was born on this day in history.   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of pat Heywood, Scottish actress   

Jan 01   On this day in history birth of vernon L. Smith, American economist, winner   

Jan 03   Carle David Tolmé Runge, German physicist (b. 1856) died on this day in history.   

Jan 09   Houston S Chamberlain, British/German race theorist, dies at 71 in the year 1927.   

Jan 17   Juliette Gordon Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts of the USA (b. 1860) died on this day in history.   

Jan 19   In the year 1927 charlotte MAAVCL, princess of Belg/emp of Mexico (1864-67), dies at 86   

Jan 21   Floris H Verster, Dutch painter/cartoonist/etcher, dies at 65 in the year 1927.   

Jan 27   Georgios Grivas, Cyprus-born general in the Greek Army died in the year 1927.   

Jan 30   In the year 1927 friedrich Ernst Koch, composer, dies at 64   

Feb 04   Thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.